Table 16.Research and Development Performed by U.S. Parents
and Majority-Owned Foreign Affiliates and by All U.S. Businesses, 1994

U.S.
parents as a percentage of all U.S. businesses ((col. 2/
col. 4)
x100)

MOFA's as a percentage
of MNC total ((col. 3/
col. 1)
x100)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Millions of dollars

Percent

Total

n.a.

91,108

n.a.

119,700

76.1

n.a.

For private companies

91,649

79,552

12,097

97,400

81.7

13.2

For themselves

87,296

77,136

10,160

n.a.

n.a.

11.6

For others

4,353

2,416

1,937

n.a.

n.a.

44.5

For Federal Government

n.a.

11,556

n.a.

22,300

51.8

n.a.

Percent

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

For private companies

n.a.

87.3

n.a.

81.4

For themselves

n.a.

84.7

n.a.

n.a.

For others

n.a.

2.7

n.a.

n.a.

For Federal Government

n.a.

12.7

n.a.

18.6

1. These 1994 estimates are from National Science Foundation,
Research and Development in Industry: 1993, NSF 96-304, (Arlington, VA,
1996). The estimates cover all U.S. businesses, including depository institutions.